Fracking, drilling, and the natural gas bonanza
Fracking has been done since the 1940s. Safe, proven technology, right? But the fracking today isn't the same as that of your grandfather, says Dr. Bernard Goldstein. Like other speakers in the Center...
View ArticleRandy Udall and the energy that has made us all gods
The late Randy Udall was blunt, contrarian, thoughtful, methodical, colorful -- and had a riveting message about the fossil fuels that he said allowed mere mortals to live lives not just of royalty,...
View ArticleColorado environmental benefits of electric cars
Electric cars remain scarce in Colorado, but governments and advocacy groups have been installing charging stations in anticipation of rapid growth in sales. Electric cars, they say, can reduce...
View ArticleT. Boone Pickens and the land of energy plenty
You’re going to have to deal with natural gas for 100 years,” said energy billionaire T. Boone Pickens at the American Renewable Energy Day conference in Aspen. Continue reading → The post T. Boone...
View ArticleSteering action on climate change
The sharpest edges among the platitudes at the Davis Graham & Stubbs forum was about the role of governments versus businesses in solving the climate conundrum. Continue reading → The post Steering...
View ArticleOil and gas drilling in Colorado
In a talk sponsored by the Center of the American West, Howard Boigon uses his 41-year perspective as an oil and gas lawyer to examine drilling controversies. Continue reading → The post Oil and gas...
View ArticleBus rapid transit in the Rockies
Despite a free-falling economy, Colorado's Roaring Fork Valley OK'd bus-rapid transit. Natural gas powers the buses, which are quieter and cheaper to operate. Continue reading → The post Bus rapid...
View ArticleThree principles of climate change politics
In turns cheerful and stern, former U.S. Sen. Tim Wirth shared what about our energy story terrifies him and what makes him eager to get up in the morning. Continue reading → The post Three principles...
View ArticleBeauprez and Hickenlooper on Colorado drilling
Colorado gubernatorial candidates Bob Beauprez and John Hickenlooper offered sharply contrasting approaches to the drilling controversy during appearances at the Energy Forum in Westminster. Continue...
View ArticleDarth Vader and white knights of oil and gas
Oil and gas drillers hurt themselves badly by resisting transparency, but the risk must be viewed within a broader matrix of considerations, speakers at a risk analysis conference seemed to agree....
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